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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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a press conference last night. >> this is the same message i give to people, which is we have a very different approach, the president and i, between a government dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams. i'm talking about the process of campaigns. typically i don't talk about process in speeches because i think candidates are wiser to talk about policy. >> how will the past eight weeks of abysmal message management and seemingly nonexistent strategy play out for candidate romney. from bloomberg view -- mitt romney lost the election. from david brooks, mr. romney your entitlement reform ideas are essential but when will the incompetence stop? we don't know, david brooks, but one thing remains certain, this avalanche of errors has made the upcoming presidential edebates which begin two weeks from today not nearly crucial but critical. romney must deliver a super human performance to not only reverse the downward spiral of his campaign but cat ta put him to where he might win an election that is seven weeks away. we hope rob portman is one heck of a s
a press conference last night. >> this is the same message i give to people, which is we have a very different approach, the president and i, between a government dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams. i'm talking about the process of campaigns. typically i don't talk about process in speeches because i think candidates are wiser to talk about policy. >> how will the past eight weeks of abysmal message management and seemingly nonexistent...
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about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest, softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our budgets won't be picking the style. we will. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get labor day savings with up to 24 months special financing with your home depot credit card. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward.
about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we...
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we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that then overran a consulate. >> which they admit. >> everyone agrees. now the question is, did they just get bad intelligence, right? which is what joe biden said last night. this is what intelligence agencies told us. it turned out later it was a preplanned attack. were they essentially manipulating the story because it looked better for them if there was this who could have predicted riot as opposed to an al qaeda cell or al qaeda allied cell in libya pulled off an attack. that's one issue, right? what was channeled up through the chain of command in terms of intelligence reporting that administration
we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that...
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i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt romney's convention, it is also the republican party's convention and the party as a whole has an interest in looking ahead and making sure they're setting up who they see as their rising stars to do well in future years. as one of our panelists was saying earlier, this was the time for christie to sort of set himself up for 2016, which was really unfortunate for him was having to follow ann romney. the whole hall was wrapped up in this personal story, thinking about mitt, their candidate and to have christie take the stage and start making references to the jersey shore was a little bit jar
i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt...
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romney's campaign called him quote, an important surrogate for governor romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda. this incident highlights what the republican party confirmed last night would be part of their national platform, opposing abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest. that's churned up waters in massachusetts, where republican congressman scott brown is calling for change in the party platform, saying i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro-choice republicans like myself. finally, there could be one other high pressure system looking to rain on the republican party. vice president joe biden indicated he will be down in florida during the convention. perhaps unsurprisingly, the tampa mayor said this morning that he's prepared to cancel the rnc if necessary but at this point, it's unclear what's more threatening, the meteorological chaos or the storm brewing over the republican convention. that was a lot of weather, maggie haberman. >> lot of storm systems. >> setting aside the practical implications of a hurricane hitting tampa,
romney's campaign called him quote, an important surrogate for governor romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda. this incident highlights what the republican party confirmed last night would be part of their national platform, opposing abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest. that's churned up waters in massachusetts, where republican congressman scott brown is calling for change in the party platform, saying i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views...
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the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not a tax expert, my understanding is, i hope that someone tweets this and really challenges me on this, is that romney and people that are of that wealth have paid taxes not once, twice, but three times on their money. what they're paying taxes on is they're paying taxes on the actual investments. now, to go back to your original point -- >> i just want to say, do you have time to tweet that? >> because i think this isn't a fair conversation we are having as a country. i think governor romney is feeding into this by not being transparent here. to suggest this man hasn't paid taxes, i don't think that's a
the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not...
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there were plenty of them who name checked governor romney last night. senate majority leader among them used the opportunity to hit the governor on his tax returns -- >> today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires, and another for the middle class. and this year, they have nominated the strongest proponent and clearest beneficiary of this rigged game, mitt romney. >> but while dems were on the attack they also used last night to highlight actual legislation and the record of the president in the oval office. we will get into all of that next on "now." so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or mo
there were plenty of them who name checked governor romney last night. senate majority leader among them used the opportunity to hit the governor on his tax returns -- >> today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires, and another for the middle class. and this year, they have nominated the strongest proponent and clearest beneficiary of this rigged game, mitt romney. >> but while dems were on the attack they also used last night to...
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i think governor romney's response last night and more pointed his response today this is his lehman moment in a lot of ways. this crisis may not translate to voters in the way the economic crisis did, because it's a foreign policy thing, as a test to think on your feet, be serious, sober, respectful to frame if you're going to have disagreements with the president to frame them in the right way, not seem crass, exploitive he's failed those tests and why you're seeing stores on the web, republican foreign policy people across the board saying this is a really dramatic moment, i don't know if it's the moment that, quote, mitt romney lost the election but a pretty clear window into areas of his leadership ability, character, temperament that i think a lot of voters should and maybe will find really troubling and really disturbing. >> in fact, there have been senior republican advisers who have said on the record -- well off the record but attributable to buzz feed, for example, they were trying to score a cheap news cycle hit based on the embassy statement and it's completely blown up
i think governor romney's response last night and more pointed his response today this is his lehman moment in a lot of ways. this crisis may not translate to voters in the way the economic crisis did, because it's a foreign policy thing, as a test to think on your feet, be serious, sober, respectful to frame if you're going to have disagreements with the president to frame them in the right way, not seem crass, exploitive he's failed those tests and why you're seeing stores on the web,...
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george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a slight favorite right now. we have seen obama recently in a higher position than he's been in all year, maybe higher than you would expect based on where the economy is. so i do think romney should have a tail wind at the same time the stuff we're mentioning where he also has tried to avoid articulating where his positions are on a lot of issues, a lot that is common sense but if you take positions further away from the center that damages you and he's not done a lot of running to the center at all in this campaign. that's unusual and he'll be proebds for more detail during the debate. >> the american pu
george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a...
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we'll take a look at romney's big speech last night and president obama's dueling message. it is the horse race next on "now." [ music playing, indistinct conversations ] the charcoal went out already? [ sighs ] forget it. [ male announcer ] there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. in every bag of kingsford charcoal. (spoken in mandarin) i've still got hours of battery life. it's an ultrabook. you bring great shame upon this coffee hut. with a long-lasting ultrabook, everything else seems old fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> the suspense is over. nbc news has confirmed that newt gingrich will suspend his campaign next tuesday. acknowledging that mitt romney will, in fact, be the rominee. meanwhile, the general election has turned to a battle over wealth. in two speeches yesterday, president obama and mitt romney told personal stories of pove
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coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners givin
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those...
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but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear for the win in south carolina the teddy bear was mia down here, now it's going to be are we looking at atb, rip. >> so many abbreviations, john harwood let's play sound to show audiences what we are talking about. romney attacking gingrich and they are going back and forth to fannie mae, freddie mac question. >> we discovered to our shock, governor romney owns shares of fannie mae and freddie mac. and made money on selling it. >> i do not own stocks in either company. but there are bonds that the investor holds through mutual funds, and i know that sounds like a big revelation, but have you checked your own investment
but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear...
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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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his wife mentioned it by name on tuesday, and romney's faith came up in several speeches last night. mike huckabee, a baptist minister who in the 2008 primary defeated romney in iowa didn't exactly offer support for romney's faith but said it wouldn't affect his vote. >> i care far less as to where mitt romney takes his family to church than i do about where he takes this country. >> huckabee also used a speech to tear town the president's views on social and religious issues. >> of the four people on the two tickets, the only self-professed evangelical is barack obama, and he supports changing the definition of marriage. believes that human right is disposable and expendable at any time in the womb, even beyond the womb. and he tells people of faith that they have to bow their knees to the god of government. >> romney is reportedly still tweaking his speech but is expected to address his mormon faith directly. the invocational prayer will be delivered by the president of the temple romney attends in boston. buzz feed writes about the 180 degree turn made in the campaign of opening a
his wife mentioned it by name on tuesday, and romney's faith came up in several speeches last night. mike huckabee, a baptist minister who in the 2008 primary defeated romney in iowa didn't exactly offer support for romney's faith but said it wouldn't affect his vote. >> i care far less as to where mitt romney takes his family to church than i do about where he takes this country. >> huckabee also used a speech to tear town the president's views on social and religious issues....
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it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. >>> what i see in mitt romney are the kinds of tools, the kinds of skills and character and attributes you feed in a leader. he makes decisions. he doesn't pander. i believe he's the right guy for the times. i think he's going to beat barack obama. i think we're going to save it country. >> that was house budget committee chair paul ryan at the reagan library this week predicting that mitt romney will win this november, a romney victory could set the wheels in motion for representative ryan to drastically remake the government next year. gentlemen and women, gentlemen and woman, we have talked about actually the action this year that will decide the fate of this country i think are the congressional races, right? if the republicans held on to the house and capture the senate, it changes the game for president romney or president obama. and certainly, the ryan budget has been hugely
it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. >>> what i see in mitt romney are the kinds of tools, the kinds of skills and character and attributes you feed in a leader. he makes decisions. he doesn't pander. i believe he's the right guy for the times. i think he's going to beat barack obama. i think we're going to save it country....
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best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and virginia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >> it's amazing, also, that both with the two most incendiary comments about women's and bodies, you have aiken and mourdock tied to the romney-ryan ticket, now you have as you said one senate candidate that romney has sort of given his stamp of approval to having ads with saying this stuff about rape and god's intentions. when we talk about the issues, the president weighing in on leno about mourdock's comment but was brought up the question of the supreme court. i want to play those and talk about we're not talking about that more broadly in the campaign season. >> you've got a supreme court that, you
best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and virginia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >>...
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. >> we'd expect it all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history and shown himself to be a good debater through the years. >> even the candidates were tamping down expectations yesterday. >> i don't think anyone would suggest the debates aren't important. i can't tell you how important it will be. i don't know what will happen at the debates. >> governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> the soft performance has gotten so soft it's almost evaporated. but while almost everyone seems to be muting enthusiasm in trying to undersell new jersey governor chris christie is taking a different tack. overselling with gusto. >> come thursday morning, the entire narrative of this race is going to change. we have a candidate that is going to do extraordinarily well on wednesday night. when we get to thursday morning george, you're going to be shaking your head saying it's a brand new race with 33 days to go. >> governor christie right in the sense that romney needs to change the dynamic of the race. a ne
. >> we'd expect it all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history and shown himself to be a good debater through the years. >> even the candidates were tamping down expectations yesterday. >> i don't think anyone would suggest the debates aren't important. i can't tell you how important it will be. i don't know what will happen at the debates. >> governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> the soft...
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we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans for some time. the question is, can anyone execute on anything within this environment? if the projections hold true and i'm sure ben in chicago and the president won't want to accept the projections but if they hold true, we'll end up with a congress that looks pretty much just as it does today, same president, dealing with the same dysfunctional congress, house controlled by the republicans and nothing will get done and in that environment, voters not uj reasonably will say well how does this get better? >> i think that politico yesterday, ben, outlined questions or statements that might haunt the president in t
we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans...
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last night democrats came to the convention with a clear message. the republican party will turn back the rights of women from equal pay to reproductive health. they painted a dark picture of what a romney administration would do. and a fiery speech, sandra fluke, the woman shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception, told the audience that the choice is clear. >> during this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country. and how one of those futures looks like an offensive, obsolete relic of our past. warnings of that future are not distractions. they are not imagined. that future could become real. >> joining the panel now is new york city council speaker christine quinn. >> thank you. >> great to have you on set. >> thanks. >> so let's jump off of sandra fluke's comments about obsolete relics. the democrats are pushing a narrative that they're the party of the future and the republicans are the party of the past. i want to know what you make of that and what kind of triage the gop can
last night democrats came to the convention with a clear message. the republican party will turn back the rights of women from equal pay to reproductive health. they painted a dark picture of what a romney administration would do. and a fiery speech, sandra fluke, the woman shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception, told the audience that the choice is clear. >> during this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country. and...
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this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney, it all comes down to him. what do you make of that? >> what it gets down to now, we have 40 days and can they turn around the narrative? it's looking less and less likely. obama people laid out a narrative he was out of touch that he was too rich, he was all of these things and then he played right into it with the 47% comment. and i think that's resonated with people. i've heard it from teen averages from venders, you know, people are remembering that and i don't know that he can turn it around because there's a migration of voters now. >> josh, when you look at health care stuff and romney's inability to se
this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney,...
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at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? i think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch. >> but semantics aside, here's why governor romney believes big business is quote, doing fine. they know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses, but small business is getting crushed. just to recap, regulation isn't holding back big business and tax havens offshore are a good thing. well, that's one way to get the conversation off todd akin and here's another. re
at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector...
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. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get behind us obviously. polls show even last night with the percentage points that gingrich had, had he been out, we would have been able to beat romney in wisconsin. i want to go back to something romney said about all of his plans and he can't wait to get to washington. i'm terrified at that notion because he's caused so much damage in washington, d.c. and this country from boston. i don't know what he's talking about. remember last week, two weeks ago, we were debating before the supreme court the constitutionality of obama care. we wouldn't even have had those hearings had it not be
. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get...
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romney was asked about it last night. >> my position has been clear throughout this campaign. i'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother. but recognize this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. >> it is unclear if that distinction will be mentioned at the convention and given romney's evolution on reproductive rights, it's unlikely he will take a stand now. when romney challenged ted kennedy's massachusetts senate seat, he made it clear he had been a supporter of a woman's right to choose for over two decades. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a u.s. senate candidate. i believe that since roe v wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain and support it and i sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice. >> my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that ma
romney was asked about it last night. >> my position has been clear throughout this campaign. i'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother. but recognize this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. >> it is unclear if that distinction will be mentioned at the convention and given romney's evolution on reproductive rights, it's unlikely he will take a stand now. when romney challenged ted kennedy's...
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the romney campaign insists it was only a finance event. what we may think of as a fund-rai fund-raiser, they call a finance event since no money was paid to attend. just like outsourcing is different than offshoring. and a tax may be different than a penalty. >> the governor believes that what we put in place in massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax. >> but he agrees with the president that it is not and he believes that you shouldn't call the tax penalty a tax, you should call it a penalty or a fee or a fine? >> that's correct. but the president also needs to be held accountable for his hypocritical and contradictory statement. >> hypocritical and contradictory statements or stripping away the social safety net is going from an entitlement society to an opportunity -- to an opportunity society. the romney dictionary is growing, the definitions ever longer. i want to talk to you guys first about the spanish language ad. patricia, we know mitt romney has a problem with hispanics. we
the romney campaign insists it was only a finance event. what we may think of as a fund-rai fund-raiser, they call a finance event since no money was paid to attend. just like outsourcing is different than offshoring. and a tax may be different than a penalty. >> the governor believes that what we put in place in massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax. >> but he agrees with the president that it is not and he believes that you...
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last night, paul said this to more than 7,000 supporters at his own rally in tampa. >> when you think if there's a party that says we have an open tent, we want new people to come in, we want to appeal to the young people, don't you think they would be begging and pleading that they come into the big tent? well, no. we'll get into the tent, believe me, because we will become the tent. >> while former mississippi governor haley barbour insists the party is unified, he doesn't give much credit to governor romney. >> he's the least conservative of the serious candidates for the nomination of the conservative party of the united states. where barack obama is the great uniter of republicans. >> joining us now from tampa is the washington bureau chief of mother jones, msnbc political analyst, david corn. david, let's talk about tampa and what's going on down there. that comment from haley barbour i thought was kind of stinging this morning on the day the convention begins. charlie crist is now speaking at the dnc. we just got a little bit of information about who used to work for charlie cr
last night, paul said this to more than 7,000 supporters at his own rally in tampa. >> when you think if there's a party that says we have an open tent, we want new people to come in, we want to appeal to the young people, don't you think they would be begging and pleading that they come into the big tent? well, no. we'll get into the tent, believe me, because we will become the tent. >> while former mississippi governor haley barbour insists the party is unified, he doesn't give...
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last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it doesn't need a turn around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romney's bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his returns since 1990. the 2011 returns show the governor paid 14.1% in taxes, on over $13 million of investment income. president obama's campaign is already bringing romney's taxes back to the forefront releasing this ad in ohio today. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> my job is not to worry about those people. >> doesn't the president have to worry about everyone? mitt romney paid just 14.1% in taxes last year. he keeps millions in bermuda and the cayman islands, won't release his tax returns before 2010. maybe instead of attacking others on t
last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it doesn't need a turn around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romney's bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his...
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does governor romney have the right amount of digits? we'll ask norquist when he joins us live ahead on "now." ask me. is just fine... ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. [ male announcer ] ...why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy or a simmons or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. [ male announcer ] these are actual tempur-pedic...
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if you read the polls in mississippi romney should have done better on election night. i think that romney will be okay in illinois and remember, this is for me, it's dejavu all over again, in march, april and may of 2008, hillary clinton won 10 out of 12 primaries and racked up margins and the obama people kept adding delegates. and they said you cannot take it away from us, we have the most delegates and who won? romney got the most delegates. >> delegate has been the front-runner and he is trying play the underdog. >> super tuesday was not that super. obama on super tuesday in '08 locked it up. >> no, he did not lock it up. >> romney created a situation that was difficult -- romney is not there math mat imathmatical. >> if you had said that on the night of alabama and mississippi that romie would come up with more delegates, a month before, you would say that's a great win. >> i do not think that rick santorum is hillary clinton and mitt romney is barack obama in the coming from behind message. >> but the message is, if romney gets into tampa, limps in to tampa with
if you read the polls in mississippi romney should have done better on election night. i think that romney will be okay in illinois and remember, this is for me, it's dejavu all over again, in march, april and may of 2008, hillary clinton won 10 out of 12 primaries and racked up margins and the obama people kept adding delegates. and they said you cannot take it away from us, we have the most delegates and who won? romney got the most delegates. >> delegate has been the front-runner and...
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night live," tony? he has an invite out there. >> well, i used to be a big fan of "saturday night live." i haven't watched recently. but it certainly couldn't hurt his image. >> you're on the record saying it couldn't hurt. i hope team romney is listening. tony, thanks for joining the program. >>> after the break, afghan militants launch a new spring offensive with a prolonged deadly siege. what will the attack mean for u.s. withdrawal plans? we'll have a live report from kabul next. unner,marathon r in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue... he was just... "get me an aspirin"... yeah... i knew that i was doing the right thing, when i gave him the bayer. i'm on an aspirin regimen... and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. so he's a success story... [ laughs ] he's my success story. [ male announcer ] learn how to protect your heart at i
night live," tony? he has an invite out there. >> well, i used to be a big fan of "saturday night live." i haven't watched recently. but it certainly couldn't hurt his image. >> you're on the record saying it couldn't hurt. i hope team romney is listening. tony, thanks for joining the program. >>> after the break, afghan militants launch a new spring offensive with a prolonged deadly siege. what will the attack mean for u.s. withdrawal plans? we'll have a...
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comments bill maher made about ann romney which were pretty unpleasant on friday night. and their argument is he's a donor to the super pac to the tune of $1 million. that's a lot of money. ted nugent is also an endorser whom romney sought. both sides might be regretting the sort of war on war on wars to make this person take ownership. >> i think ted nugent needs to write some new songs. only the one song we can think of. >> that's the nature of the controversy. >> i will say i think it is mitt romney has shown a certain amount of cowardice in terms of standing up to the more radical elements of the party. >> he needs to take opportunities to show his core. >> it could have been a moment of some kind. >> i'm sure they'll be asked about it again and again. at some point they make a more aggressive position on this issue. what they said today. >> it's not device sib language. it's just -- it's way beyond that. device sieve language is here all the time. >> i would characterize his language as hot garbage. coming up, camp romney and camp obama both ramp up efforts to court
comments bill maher made about ann romney which were pretty unpleasant on friday night. and their argument is he's a donor to the super pac to the tune of $1 million. that's a lot of money. ted nugent is also an endorser whom romney sought. both sides might be regretting the sort of war on war on wars to make this person take ownership. >> i think ted nugent needs to write some new songs. only the one song we can think of. >> that's the nature of the controversy. >> i will say...
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. >> you know, i was sitting next to a director for "saturday night live" during the president's speech and five minutes into -- five seconds into it, i just looked at him and said can you imagine mitt romney doing is this? and he said no. >> but i'm sure he wanted to imagine it because the snnl send off of romney would be funnier than the address he might give. let's talk a little bit about mitt romney's comments over the weekend that have nothing to do with the white house correspondents dinner. the sort of wooden out of touch thing and his problems therein. this is what he said at autobahn university on friday. >> this kind of divisiveness, this attack of success is very different than what we've seen in our country's history. we've always encouraged young people, take a shot, go for it. take a risk. get the education. borrow money if you have to from your parents. start a business. >> okay, robert, and look, i agree that the idea of american entrepreneurernal spirit is important, should be fostered but inherent in that sort of litany of things that young people should do, borrow mon
. >> you know, i was sitting next to a director for "saturday night live" during the president's speech and five minutes into -- five seconds into it, i just looked at him and said can you imagine mitt romney doing is this? and he said no. >> but i'm sure he wanted to imagine it because the snnl send off of romney would be funnier than the address he might give. let's talk a little bit about mitt romney's comments over the weekend that have nothing to do with the white...
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late last night in the cold. there is real enthusiasm on the ground. the best measure of enthusiasm right now is early vote. look at early vote in iowa, we are beating mitt romney two to one and some cases three to one. mitt romney has to win tomorrow's vote, just the election day vote, by upwards of 23 points just to tie us. so that's a really good measure of enthusiasm of people that are already coming out to the polls to vote for this president. and they're not mid term voters. these are sporadic voters coming out, that particularly you know that we've been working with over the course of the last two years of this campaign. i think that is the best measure of enthusiasm right now. >> stephanie, one more question before we have to let you go. the notion of voter fraud, we've discussed it a lot in this campaign cycle, do you think the fact that a lot of these states were sort of had their hand slapped, these republican held governor state houses in terms of putting in place laws that would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters, do you think
late last night in the cold. there is real enthusiasm on the ground. the best measure of enthusiasm right now is early vote. look at early vote in iowa, we are beating mitt romney two to one and some cases three to one. mitt romney has to win tomorrow's vote, just the election day vote, by upwards of 23 points just to tie us. so that's a really good measure of enthusiasm of people that are already coming out to the polls to vote for this president. and they're not mid term voters. these are...
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meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation summit. big times. we will discuss their remarks. also paul ryan weighs in on the last night's nfl controversy and brings it back to, guess who, president obama. all of that is next on "now." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? whoa... [ male announcer ] humana understands the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go see the birdies. [ male announcer ] one on one, sharing what you know. let's do it grandpa. that's why humana agents will sit down with you, to listen and understand what's important to you. it's how we help you choose the right humana medicare plan for you. because when your med
meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation summit. big times. we will discuss their remarks. also paul ryan weighs in on the last night's nfl controversy and brings it back to, guess who, president obama. all of that is next on "now." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share...
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. >> he never sold himself short. >> you can make an argument that i helped mitt romney get to be rich. he should be thanking me. i was charging $60,000 a speech. normally celebrities leave and they he sell speeches every year. and always had a theory to sell. >> the wind industry kills about 33,000 birds a year. if you read the rez's energy speeches he's in cloud cuckoo land. >> each individual brain has as many neurons as there are stars in the universities. >> through it all, he never lost his focus. >> the zoo is very nice. >> some of you probably have an additional interest. i got bit by a penguin. it was great fun. >> there are lots of rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. >> i have a passion for dropping by zoos. this is part of my valentine's day to come out and hang out with elephants awhile. i found a tiger named callista. >> no matter what, newt was always honest. >> guess get a job after you take a bath. >>. >> i'm giving up desserts. >> i'm giving up my opinion. >> there are dozens of things i've learned. penguins bite snees we salute you, newton leroy gingrich, prof
. >> he never sold himself short. >> you can make an argument that i helped mitt romney get to be rich. he should be thanking me. i was charging $60,000 a speech. normally celebrities leave and they he sell speeches every year. and always had a theory to sell. >> the wind industry kills about 33,000 birds a year. if you read the rez's energy speeches he's in cloud cuckoo land. >> each individual brain has as many neurons as there are stars in the universities. >>...
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that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil there has been vis-a-vis the mormon faith and the prejudice that still exists as far as mormons in this country and the things that sort of whether it's the polygamist stigma that has sort of made it ways down to mexico and is now, you know, being battled out with mexican cartels as shane has detailed he could do -- it could be a great moment for mormons in america. interviewed by david gregory a couple weeks ago and asked and he immediately pivoted to judeo christian beliefs. >> first off, seems like this is part and parcel with the way romney approaches everything, which is, not to talk about it. t
that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil...
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i think the sense that i got at mitt romney's event last night talking to some of his advisers and some of his aides was a little bit of unease, and i'm also hearing that there's a lot of e-mail going out and state republican officials, folks like sual, a former state party chair, really appreciapressurin state operatives saying let's get out the vote and make sure it's maximized. there's hints of anxiety on the romney side of how it will turn out. >> john, in terms of voters, there's been so much back and forth, you said that santorum may have the big momentum. he has spent a lot of time with the social issues. on the ground in michigan, how much were people paying attention to the snobbery and wanting to send your kids to four-year colleges and so forth. >> there's maybe a couple of levels of folks that pay attention to that. the core activist base of the party, you know, goes online and reads through and parses and understanding, you know, basically the message that santorum is trying delivery to them, and a lot of them agree with it. the people it's a problem for are those that are
i think the sense that i got at mitt romney's event last night talking to some of his advisers and some of his aides was a little bit of unease, and i'm also hearing that there's a lot of e-mail going out and state republican officials, folks like sual, a former state party chair, really appreciapressurin state operatives saying let's get out the vote and make sure it's maximized. there's hints of anxiety on the romney side of how it will turn out. >> john, in terms of voters, there's...
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you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not talk about same-sex marriage as much as they have. >> that's the problem there. right? it's not de-emphasize. i don't think it's about de-emphasizing. it's about crafting a different position. >> so here's the problem. this is wait they see this, though. honestly, most of these mid-level aides even on the romney campaign, they're not against gay marriage. they're not. t they don't care about it as a an issue. they also realize in the near to mid term, the next four to eight years, even as gay marriage becomes the law of the land across t
you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not...
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last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing a tougher set of opponents we would be writing stories about that kind of thing instead of how this race is going. >> and man, they were not booing him yesterday. >> no. >> coming up over time santorum has inched closer to the center at debates but his rhetoric has gone further to the fringe. has he gone too far? we will ask the national communication director, when he joins us live, next on "now." [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was
last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing...
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after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close to inevitable. that's the language we are seeing from people who don't feel the slightest bit of pressure to push him over the line at all. all they're saying is look at the line. he's really close. >> he has a lot of money and he's doing well in the polls. >> he's got the math. he just lacks the chemistry. >> exactly. speaking of dudes that people are unsure about, you are looking live at tim tebow holding his first news conference as a new york jet. >> wow. >> how will tim tebow handle his first date with the new york media? we will have more on that ahead, ahead. but first, as the supreme court hears
after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close...
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coming up, mitt romney is speaking right now at the latino aenl coalition summit. we'll bring you some of his remarks next on "now." the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they...
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>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates to be on march first, and they were not georgia, we talked it out and said, let's present a united front and make sure the candidates can get to where they need to be rather than being at the debate in georgia. >> you have a wonderful piece out in the new yorker on dr. paul this week, and one of this notions you explores the remnant. he likes to call himself a keeper of the old age. it's a network of enlightened souls capable of transforming civilization. we talk about santorum and the rhetoric around christianity, ron paul feels he has a mission here and the mission may almost eeclipse the candidacy in some respects.
>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates...
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>> i was with mitt romney last night in philadelphia, speaking at a tea party rally, i spoke to 100 members, one, mitt romney's going to a tea party as general elections unfolds but, two, the tea party warmly embraced romney. i was startled by that surprise. you think it's a time for wound licking, the primary just ended but romney, i think, though he's a flawed candidate to conservatives, they're embracing him, they're ginned up, they want to go against the president and they're energized, and i was surprised to see that in philadelphia, even about romney and the tea party. >> it was lindsey graham who said yesterday the dislike for the current president is the great motivator here. romney can almost take that as a given. rick tyler, we talk about who is -- who's a candidate we all like, certainly gingrich, newt gingrich, has given us a lot of lod fodder for discussion. the idea of favorables is an interesting statistic to unpack. abc/"the washington post" poll shows that romney's favorable rating is 35%, unfavorable rating 47%. the president, 56% favorable rating. unfavorable rating of 40
>> i was with mitt romney last night in philadelphia, speaking at a tea party rally, i spoke to 100 members, one, mitt romney's going to a tea party as general elections unfolds but, two, the tea party warmly embraced romney. i was startled by that surprise. you think it's a time for wound licking, the primary just ended but romney, i think, though he's a flawed candidate to conservatives, they're embracing him, they're ginned up, they want to go against the president and they're...
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. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the american public isn't paying that much attention would be the most sound strategy. >> i'm not sure it goes away. whether he gets out of the way out in or the last minute, i don't know which does better. >> i don't know the answer to the question. but i will say prudence is not the watch word for the campaign because they should have gotten that out of the way a year ago or 15 months ago or 4 years ago. they could have dealt with this a long time ago. they're kind of trapped by it. i'm not sure there's a right way out. >> it wasn't an issue four years ago. that is a measure of how the conversation around
. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the...
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, humanize him and do a number of other things was his wife ann romney. we were talking about this during the break. on jay leno last night asked about comments she made regarding the press and asking them to stop it. let's hear what she had to say. >> i like seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? did you have focus people go, that's wrong? >> no. i stepped out of the interview like oh, dear, did i say it a little strong? no. everyone i've seen is like giving me high fives. >> what do you make of ann romney as a surrogate at this point in terms of burnishing her husband's brand? >> we heard early on as you said the mitt stabilizer, humanizing him, but i think maybe mitt was right when he said, at the fund-raiser that we're using ann sparingly so people don't get tired of her. because i think -- i'm not sure how well she's wearing, you know, anger, be it's very understandable, any political spouse has good reason to feel angry because it's hard to hear those kind of attacks on someone you love. definitely. and yet, it's not that appealing. it isn't just
, humanize him and do a number of other things was his wife ann romney. we were talking about this during the break. on jay leno last night asked about comments she made regarding the press and asking them to stop it. let's hear what she had to say. >> i like seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? did you have focus people go, that's wrong? >> no. i stepped out of the interview like oh, dear, did i say it a little strong? no. everyone i've seen is like giving me high fives....
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we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner
we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons...
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meanwhile the battle for the coal mining vote is on, here is what an romney and rick santorum said last night. >> my grandfather was a coal minor and at age six he started working in the coal mines. >> it's those roots, growing up the grandson of a coal minor and growing up in a steel town in butler, pennsylvania that have forged me. >> the coal minor vote. obviously a bid for authenticity. let's talk about about how romney is trying to win over michigan voters. >> he has a big issue in trying to thread the needle in terms of not being for the auto bailouts but saying he would not have let the industry go under. he said that he would have made sure that the government financing was there to take them through a bankruptcy. i can understand that but explaining that to an audience is difficult. he is in a situation where a lot of people think he would let this industry die. >> supporting tar and not the auto bailouts. it's again, that awkward, he can have -- wanting to have it both ways. >> the point the romney campaign is trying make which is utleys y ultimately the system by which it has
meanwhile the battle for the coal mining vote is on, here is what an romney and rick santorum said last night. >> my grandfather was a coal minor and at age six he started working in the coal mines. >> it's those roots, growing up the grandson of a coal minor and growing up in a steel town in butler, pennsylvania that have forged me. >> the coal minor vote. obviously a bid for authenticity. let's talk about about how romney is trying to win over michigan voters. >> he...
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>> it's a toss up, san ftorum h a good night and that means that romney had a good night. what santorum's performance did was minimize the gingrich surge, i guess you could say, the first five minutes of the debate, without a doubt belonged to gingrich but after that santorum made good points and romney made good points to capitalism issue. that was good for mitt romney. >> i think that folks felt that gingrich owned it in the first five minutes and that won it. >> i think he did well in the debate before last night and last night. you see, primaries have an tremendous impact. the super pacs matter and people that will vote in the primaries are tuning in and want to see what people do in the debates and they have a big impact on the elections. >> they do, the first type of minu -- the first 5 minutes you are sitting there saying oh, my goodness, he went there right out of the box, i get the idea of the 800 pound gorilla in the room, but you could see it on newt's face. >> i'm appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. and i'm frankly asound e
>> it's a toss up, san ftorum h a good night and that means that romney had a good night. what santorum's performance did was minimize the gingrich surge, i guess you could say, the first five minutes of the debate, without a doubt belonged to gingrich but after that santorum made good points and romney made good points to capitalism issue. that was good for mitt romney. >> i think that folks felt that gingrich owned it in the first five minutes and that won it. >> i think he...
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. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did that incredibly well in 1999 and 2000, and i think mitt romney has that in him, will have to have it in him. >> you think he has those skills to be able to go to the naacp or this particular conference? >> whatever you think of his policies, his heart and private self conveyed away from the camera regularly but not so far very much on camera, i think people would find more winning than he's currently portrayed. i don't know that he can pull that off. they think they can get through with a good vp pick, good speech and convention performances. he'll need a moment. today is one like that. the policy is goi
. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did...
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in fact, a bad night for republicans. but in terms of winning the michigan primary, which mitt romney has to do, he was a clear winner. he looked presidential, his answers were crisp, he was on the top of his game. and rick santorum, i thought, they said last night, "b" game, i know rick, and that was his "c" game. >> you know, i guess it's a matter, it's sort of a sliding scale and grading on a curve. because i watched mitt romney, and certainly his answers were better. he is, you know, more on the attack. but let's play a little montage of this sort of physicality and the behavior of mitt romney on the stage last night. >> much longer than 30 seconds. that's a long -- that's a long -- that's a long answer. nice try, but now let's look at the facts. i didn't follow all of that, but i can tell you this. >> you have a constitutional requirement to balance the budget in four years. >> you get to ask the questions i want, i get to give the answers i want. >> it's like, howard, i tweeted last night that i thought someone was
in fact, a bad night for republicans. but in terms of winning the michigan primary, which mitt romney has to do, he was a clear winner. he looked presidential, his answers were crisp, he was on the top of his game. and rick santorum, i thought, they said last night, "b" game, i know rick, and that was his "c" game. >> you know, i guess it's a matter, it's sort of a sliding scale and grading on a curve. because i watched mitt romney, and certainly his answers were...